Suspected sex offender dies after being held

A Va­len­cia man want­ed for sev­er­al sex­u­al of­fences, who was on the run from the po­lice, col­lapsed and died with­in min­utes of his ar­rest yes­ter­day.

Mi­tra Has­sanali, 36, was caught ear­ly yes­ter­day was caught ear­ly yes­ter­day when of­fi­cers from the Va­len­cia Po­lice Sta­tion went to his home at Swan Quar­ry and served a war­rant for his ar­rest. The man sur­ren­dered to the po­lice with­out any re­sis­tance but with­in min­utes suf­fered a seizure.

Has­sanali was tak­en to hos­pi­tal by an EHS am­bu­lance but was pro­nounced dead on ar­rival at the San­gre Grande Hos­pi­tal. His com­mon-law wife told po­lice he suf­fered from heart dis­ease. The body was tak­en to the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre, St James, and an au­top­sy is ex­pect­ed to be done on Tues­day.

The war­rant ex­er­cise was con­duct­ed by Sgt Ja­groop, Cpl Kheerai and PC Pope of the Va­len­cia War­rants Di­vi­sion. Sgt Ja­groop of the Va­len­cia Po­lice Post is con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions.